Crate



(No Model.) J. HEAGERTY. GRATE.

NO. 596,706. Patented Jm. 4, 1898.

Witnesses. Inventor.

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l.TEREMIAH HEAGERTY, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

CRATE.

srncIrIoA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,706, aated January 4, 1898.

Application filed August 2, 1897- T0 aZZ whom it may cancer-n:

Be it known that I, J EREMIAH I-IEAGERTY, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Crates, of which the folloW= in g, taken in connection With the accompanying drawings, is a'full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates to crates for fruits, vegetables, and other purposes for which such crates may be used; and the object is to pro- Vide a crate that is simple, durable, and inexpensive.

To this end my invention consists in the combination of the Crate-body composed of slats and corner-pieces formed of sheet metal secured to the slats, said corner-pieces being formed with sockets to receive the ends of the slats and hold them apart; and my invention consists in certain other combinations of parts hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the inner side of one of the Sheet-metal corner-pieces, and Fg. 2 is a crate without a lid provided with m y improved' corner-pieces.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A A, &c., are the side slats of the orate.

B B, &c., are the end slats.

C is the bottom, which may be formed of slats or a board secured to the lower edges of the lower slats, and D D, &c., are the sheetmetal corner-pieces.`

The slats are preferably of the same width, with the exception of the lowest ones, which may be made narroWer, as shown in the drawings, to allow the bottom O to rest in the same sockets of the corner-pieces D D. The lower slats may be the same width as the others,

however, and the bottom held in the same 'Serial No. 646,746, (No model.)

tom side of the crate. The sockets cl' cl' for the ends of the slats are formed and the slats held apart by cutting T- shaped recesses in the edges of the corner-piece and then bending the lips or projections c c thus formed inward at right angles to the body of the corner-piece, 01' so that said lips will bear upon the upper and lower edges of the slats A and B. The slats may be mitered at their ends or they may simply abut against each other, as usual and as shown.

The corner-pieces are secured to the slats by small nails or screws a a, &c., three nails being shown at the ends of each slat. The lips on each projection may be bent to incline toward each otherslightly, if desired. It Will be apparent that when such corner-piece is applied externally it not only serves as a corner-post, but as a shield and protector for the corner of the crate, and said corner-piece also forms a smooth wearing-surface.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a era-te, the combination of the slats and corner-pieces formed of sheet metal secured to the slats, said corner-pieces being formed with sockets to receive the ends of the slats and hold them apart and open spaces between the sockets, as set forth.

2. In a crate, the combination of slats separated from each other, angular corner=pieces formed of metal secured to the slats, sockets in the corner-pieces for the ends of the slats, the sockets being formed by inWardly-projecting lips or projections, and open spaces between the lips, substantially as described and shown.

3. In a fruit-Crate, the combination of hori= zontal slats separated from each other forming the sides and ends of the crate, angular corner-pieoes formed each of a single piece of Sheet metal, said corner-pieces having' their ends mitered and turned inward, and their sides recessed With lips bent inward on opposite sides of the recesses to form sockets to hold the ends of the slats, and means to secure the slats in the sockets, substantially as described and shown.

i 4. As an article of manufacture, the anglilar corner-piece formed of sheet metal and provided With projections and inwardly-pm IOO jecting lips extending parallel with each other tending at right angles to the edge, and reon said projeetions, and at right angles to the cesses between the soekets, as set forth. v 10 main vsurface of the corner-piece, and with' In testmony Whereof I have hereunto open spaces between the 1ips, substanta11y as signed my name. 5 shown and deseribed. JEREMIAI-I HEAGERTY. [L. 8.]

5. As an article of manufaeture, the angu- W'tnesses: lar corner-piece formed from a single piece of MARK W. DEWEY, Sheet metal, having sockets at each edge ex- H. M. SEAMANS. 

